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At the opening of a three-day U.N. financial summit on Wednesday, developing countries joined U.N. officials in "calling for more money and a greater role in regulating the world economy in the wake of the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression, which has taken a disproportionate toll on poor nations," AP/Google.com reports (Astor, AP/Google.com, 6/25).
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NHHRC Report Fails To Address The Future Of Rural Health, Australia

AMSA President Tiffany Fulde said, "It is unfortunate that the Commission has been unable to highlight specific strategies to recruit and retain more doctors into the bush. We currently have a health workforce in Australia that is grossly maldistributed, with large shortages of doctors and other health professionals in rural and remote Australia." "Large increases in medical student numbers alone will not address rural workforce shortages in Australia," said the President. AMSA applauds the Commission"s recommendation to provide increased access to multidisciplinary teaching in rural and remote areas, however, believes that more incentive-based initiatives are needed to entice these students into taking rural and remote placements in the first place. AMSA cautions against the Commission"s suggestion to expand bonded medical placements and adapt them to other health degrees, as this is a quick-fix approach to a long-term problem, and reinforces the stigma around rural medicine. HECS Reimbursement schemes, preferential intake into specialty training, scholarships and access to high quality training in rural areas are all more effective, incentive-based strategies to ensure students are adequately supported in taking up rural careers. "To get these students more interested in rural and remote health careers we need to give them increased access to positive experiences in rural and remote areas of Australia." "The Commission did however provide real inroads in regards to Indigenous health, in particular in regards to recruiting and supporting Indigenous students in health degrees," Tiffany Fulde stated. AMSA believes that we need to now focus on the future of rural health and this includes succession planning for the workforce in these areas. The medical workforce in rural and remote health is ageing and the Commission has failed to produce initiatives to recruit the next generation of health professionals into this area of need. AMSA


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